Bautista hit the wall and said goodbye to his fetish tournament

The love story of Roberto Bautista and the Doha tournament will not live a new chapter this Monday. The player from Castellón, champion in 2018 and 2022, and finalist in 2021, was eliminated for the first time after clearly surpassing the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics in less than an hour and a half.

After going 0-40 in the opening game, Bautista was losing steam and making more mistakes, something Fucsovics took advantage of to start dominating from the back of the court to take a resounding 4-0 lead.

The Spanish player did not throw in the towel and, displaying his usual arrogance, he achieved a very difficult break that seemed to put him in the fight, but it was a mirage.

Another quick break from the Hungarian allowed him to make it 5-1 and close the first set on the will of his serve in the next game.

Bautista continued to work hard and took the lead in the second racebut once again Fucsovics showed his biggest punch to add three consecutive games and leave the match almost a verdict.

Throwing away an 0-30 lead in game six was the final proof that it wasn’t going to be Roberto Bautista’s day. Despite having the majority of public support that gradually filled the stands, The two-time champion did not get the desired reaction and ended up losing 6-1, 6-3.

However, the journey of the Castellón native does not end here, This Tuesday he will debut in the doubles team partnering Qatari Mubarak Shannan Zayidwhere he will try to overcome the couple formed by the Uruguayan Behar and the Czech Pavlasek.

The one in the double quarters is Alejandro Davidovichwho went through his tournament debut with flying colors after winning, along with Finnish Emil Ruusuvuori, Honduran Marcelo Arévalo and Croatian Mate Pavic by doubles 7-6.